Friday (and yes! I’m late with this–mea culpa–and spellchecker just suggested I replace that with ‘mint julep’–what a good idea!) may be dominated by the T-square formed by Mercury’s incursion into Cancer, where it opposes long-time downer Pluto and squares Self-focused (in a good way) and vengeful (in a bad way) Juno at 00 Aries. It suggests multiple possible dynamics that have any combination of these elements in common: communications that are caring, mothering, smothering, tender, sensitive, and/ or food (!) or emotion centered; energy or forces keyed to change, destruction, transformation, power, what’s hidden, and/ or getting below the surface; and the need to establish place and/ or authority within a situation, to gauge one’s power, to command respect for one (based in one’s status), and/ or to empower (and all these latter centered on any form of partnership/ co-operative association). So, the Juno need for empowerment will create some form of conflict with both the need to change (Pluto) and our communications, given and received (words, to include writing, thoughts, ideas–and we should add the thought forms of the psyche that give our mental constructs such power in the first place). Especially for those who are mental/ Air oriented, this can be an exhausting day, though it need not be unpleasant or upsetting–it will definitely measure your own sense of security within your sphere, so use events and reactions to today’s happenings as a guide in revealing where you might feel inadequate or threatened, and remedy accordingly.
Saturday, the 4th, brings Venus to 29 degrees of Taurus–and thus pushes love, relationships, money, possessions, and the senses into some kind of crisis mode. Be aware that the pressure felt is more a chance to review standings in these areas, and less a call to action (or arms!) and you’ll find the benefit in it. The Sagittarius Moon squares Saturn, then Ceres, and brings emotional repercussions from events that occurred with the Ceres/ Saturn exact conjunction, June 27th-29th. These were likely some form of the physical or established order v. nature, with a need for current reality to be re-negotiated. Events of the June period made apparent change, and now we get the emotional results.
We may also see some dust-up between the action urge, the ego, or the aggressive urge as conflict arises from old injury within the intellect, from without as those pushing their own propaganda challenge others intellectually, from trendsetters, or from those who are rebellious and unreliable. This can take an internal or external form, and awareness that the problem sparks mostly out of misdirected or misunderstood energies (with a smattering of those who simply want to take over the minds of the crowd) goes a long way toward preventing reactions that spring from hurt or the subconscious. In it’s most direct form, this can show as the individual v. the group, with very clear-cut differences in needs.
I’m making this weekend sound hellacious, aren’t I? I don’t mean to, really, it’s a function of feeling it’s most important to point out the rough patches–it always seems the good times will take care of themselves! And Sunday isn’t all that different, though we do have some changes that offer results, and maybe reward. The Sag Moon squares Uranus, freshly retro in Pisces, and we are given the opportunity to see how our own rebelliousness or insistence on going our own way could be causing us emotional pain. Venus enters Gemini–and the Venus-oriented among us may get sulky, and possibly wordy (!) as she leaves the luxury and comfort of her Taurean abode. I say, suck it up, Venus! Throw back your cashmere coverlet, get out of your velvet jammies, put aside your bon-bons, hot chocolate, and champagne, and put on an airy summer dress. Go for a walk in the warm breeze, exchange ideas with others, and stop fretting about going without some hedonistic pleasure or other for more than five minutes. A good thought for us all: get out, air out, and take the focus off what we’ve been using lately to satisfy (or is it pacify?) ourselves–you’ll be glad you did.
Our attempts at perking up Venus in her new home may or may not be assisted by the Sun/ Earth axis, as the Earth
moves within trine of Saturn, both in Earth signs. On the one hand, this could bring a culmination of sorts to some earthly or material matters, with a resultant reward or satisfying finish. On the other hand it could present us with a strong sense of what we lack materially, and bring forward excessive anxiety. I suppose once again we need to look at Sunday’s events for what they can tell us–because, as Mom and Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626, I remember it like it was yesterday) were wont to say, ‘Knowledge is power.’ Thanks for that, Frank and Irene!
Wow! Just heard that Alaska governor Sarah Palin is resigning her post. Considering the t-square today, and the proximity of this ’surprise’ to the eclipse, I can’t help but think she has something up her sleeve–or should I say, I suspect there’s a whole lot we don’t know that will be coming to light. A lot. Some of which has been rumored for many many months. I may take a look at her chart and come back with comment. Stay tuned!




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